Wire fence.



PATIBNTED DEC. 8, 1903.

J. S. BARNES. WIRE FENCE.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 15, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN S. BARNES, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO MAJESTIC WIRE FENCE COMPANY, LIMITED, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,441, dated December 8, 1903.

Application filed August 15, 1903- Serial No. 169,564- (No model.)

To a whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. BARNES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wire Fences; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make-and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in wire fence shown in the accompanying drawings and more particularly set forth in the following specification and claims.

Figure 1 shows a perspective view of my improved fence with the line -wires removed from the pickets at one or more of the interzo secting points to more clearly show the form of the picket. Fig. 2 shows a variation in the form of the picket.

The object of my invention is to produce a wire fence which can be readily and quickly manufactured bya power-loom, the construction being such that the pickets can be easily engaged in the loops of the line-wires while the same are being twisted together.

Heretofore in fences of this character it has 0 been'found necessary to stop the loom after the wires have been twisted a predetermined distance from the picket to insert the next picket between the strands forming the linewires of the fence. To do this,the twistinggears were so controlled thatwhen the machine was stopped to receive the picket the open loops of each of the line-wires were exactly parallel. The picket,with its offset portions already formed, was then manually 4o thrust through the loops from one side of the machineand the loom again started. The twisting of the strands proceeded as before until a point was reached for the insertion of another picket, when the operation just do- 5 scribed was repeated. By the peculiar construction of my picket I am able to insert the picket in all of the open loops at one time, and the same can be either automatically fed to the wires as they are twisted together or inserted by hand. In either case much time is saved in'the manufacture of the fence over formed with a T-shaped crimp B. The twisted strands forming the line-wires are looped around the stem 19 of the T-shaped portion B, the twist given to the line-wires being reversed between pickets, the object being to insure a more rigid and substantial structure.

It is obvious that the picket may be either.

flat between the ofiset portions B, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, or corrugated or formed with a channel, as shown in Fig. 2, as may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a fence, sheet-metal pickets bent to form T-shaped ofiset portions at the intersection of the line-wires in combination with strands twisted together to form said linewires, the strands being looped around the neck of the ofiset portion, substantially as described.

2. In a fence, sheet-metal pickets bent to form a projecting neck at the intersection of the line-wires in combination with strands twisted together to form line wires, the strands being looped around the neck of the offset portion, substantially as described.

3. In a fence, sheet-metal pickets bent to form T-shaped ofiset portions at the intersection of the line-wires in combination with strands twisted togetherto form said linewires, the strands being looped around the neck of the offset portionandtwisted in opposite directions from each picket, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I sign this specifica-' tion in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN S. BARNES. 4

Witnesses:

S. E. THOMAS, HENRY E. VILLEROT. 

